Lee Wai Lim

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Lee Wai Lim
Personal information
Full name Lee Wai Lim
Date of birth (1981-05-05) 5 May 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Sha Tau Kok, Hong Kong
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2009 Tai Po 110 (31)
2009–2015 South China 74 (9)
2015–2016 Pegasus 0 (0)
International career
2008–2015 Hong Kong 30 (5)
Managerial career
2015–2016 Pegasus (assistant coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lee Wai Lim (

footballer and coach. He is the brother of former professional footballer Lee Hong Lim.[1]

A former

Hong Kong Footballer of the Year
winner in 2009, Lee pleaded guilty in 2018 to one count each of accepting an advantage and conspiracy to defraud. He was sentenced to 180 hours of community service for his crimes.

Club career

Lee Wai Lim played with Tai Po

Tai Po

Lee joined Tai Po in the third division in 2003 after being discovered by Tai Po's secretary Chan Ping. He stayed with the team as it progressed to the First Division in 2007 and turned professional. During his time as an amateur, he worked as a shopping mall security guard.[2]

2009 Hong Kong FA Cup

Lee scored the penalty against

Hong Kong FA Cup
.

In the final, Lee Wai Lim scored a free kick and helped Tai Po beat

TSW Pegasus 4:2 and thus became the first district team to win the trophy. Lee Wai Lim also won the title of Man of the Match.[3]

His last match for Tai Po FC was a friendly against his new employers South China on 13 June 2009 at Mong Kok Stadium. Tai Po lost the game. Lee Wai Lim scored a penalty which he won himself.

Lee was awarded Hong Kong Player of the Year award on 12 June 2009 and received a HK$45,000 prize.[4]

South China

On the same date he won the Player of the Year prize, Lee Wai Lim confirmed that he would be joining

2009–10.[5]

On 11 May 2010, in the

Al Riffa, in the 28th minute, Lee Wai Lim passed to teammate Lee Chi Ho to score. But South China lost the game 1:3.[6]

On 19 February 2011, Lee scored with a header in the 82-minute to help South China win the away game by 1:0 against Tuen Mun.[7]

Pegasus

Lee joined Pegasus in the summer of 2015 as a player-coach.

International career

He was selected by Goran Paulić and Dejan Antonić for the Hong Kong team at the end of 2008, to prepare for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers. He scored a hattrick in his first game against Macau as Hong Kong achieved a 9–1 win.[8]

He starred in the 2009

Prince William
from the fans.

On 30 September 2011, Lee Wai Lim scored the opening goal in the 3:3 draw with the Philippines in the 2011 Long Teng Cup.[9]

Bribery scandal

On 6 October 2016, Lee was one of six current and former Pegasus players to be taken in for questioning by the ICAC on allegations of match fixing.[10] He was formally charged on 28 June 2017 for conspiring to fix several reserve league matches.[11]

On 12 January 2018, Lee pleaded guilty to one count each of accepting an advantage and conspiracy to defraud.[12] He was sentenced on 4 May 2018 to 180 hours of community service.[13]

Personal life

He is the elder brother of

Pegasus
.

Career statistics

Club

As of 10 October 2012
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League
Senior Shield
League Cup
 FA Cup
AFC Cup
 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tai Po
2006–07
 17 3 1 0 4 0 1 0 23 3
2007–08
 18 2 1 1 2 0 3 1 24 4
2008–09
 23 6 1 0 2 1 4 2 30 9
Total 0 0
South China
2009–10
 15 1 3 1 – 0 0 9 1 27 3
2010–11
 12 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 16 3
2011–12
 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Total 30 4 4 1 1 0 2 0 12 1 49 6

International

As of 15 October 2013.
# Date Venue Opponents Result Goals Competition
1 19 November 2008 UST Stadium, Macau  Macau 9–1 3
Friendly
2 14 January 2009 Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong  India 2–1 0
Friendly
3 21 January 2009 Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong  Bahrain 1–3 0 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
4 28 January 2009
Sana'a
, Yemen		  Yemen 0–1 0 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
5 23 August 2009
World Games Stadium, Kaohsiung
, Taiwan		  Chinese Taipei 4–0 1 2010 EAFF Championship Semi-final
6 25 August 2009
World Games Stadium, Kaohsiung
, Taiwan		  North Korea 0–0 0 2010 EAFF Championship Semi-final
7 27 August 2009
World Games Stadium, Kaohsiung
, Taiwan		  Guam 12–0 0 2010 EAFF Championship Semi-final
8 9 October 2009
Shizuoka
, Japan 		 Japan 0–6 0 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
9 11 February 2010
Olympic Stadium
, Tokyo, Japan 		 Japan 0–3 0 2010 East Asian Football Championship
10 4 October 2010 Balewadi Stadium, Pune, India  India 1–0 0
Friendly
11 17 November 2010 Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong  Paraguay 0–7 0
Friendly
12 9 February 2011 Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  Malaysia 0–2 0
Friendly
13 3 June 2011 Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Siu Sai Wan, Hong Kong  Malaysia 1–1 0
Friendly
14 23 July 2011 Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia  Saudi Arabia 0–3 0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
15 28 July 2011 Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Siu Sai Wan, Hong Kong  Saudi Arabia 0–5 0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
16 30 September 2011
Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung
, Taiwan 		 Philippines 3–3 1 2011 Long Teng Cup
17 2 October 2011
Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung
, Taiwan 		 Macau 5–1 0 2011 Long Teng Cup
18 4 October 2011
Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung
, Taiwan 		 Chinese Taipei 6–0 0 2011 Long Teng Cup
19 14 November 2012 Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia  Malaysia 1–1 0
Friendly
20 1 December 2012 Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong  Guam 2–1 0
2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2
21 3 December 2012 Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong  Australia 0–1 0
2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2
22 9 December 2012 Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong  North Korea 0–4 0
2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2
23 22 March 2013 Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong  Vietnam 1–0 0 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
24 4 June 2013 Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong  Philippines 0–1 0
Friendly
6 September 2013 Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar  Myanmar 0–0 0
Friendly
25 10 September 2013 Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong  Singapore 1–0 0
Friendly
26 15 October 2013 Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong  United Arab Emirates 0–4 0 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Honours

Tai Po

  • 2008–09

South China

Hong Kong

  • 2013

Individual

  • Hong Kong Footballer of the Year: 2009

References

  1. Hong Kong Football Association
    . 22 April 2014.
  2. ^ Chu, Yau Lai. "由足球先生至打假波 李威廉球員生涯歷盡人生起跌". HK 01. Retrieved 4 May 2018. (in Chinese)
  3. ^ 2009 FA Cup final match report
  4. ^ (in Chinese)08/09香港足球明星選舉 最佳 11人南華佔 4　威廉王子登基 Apple Daily. 13 June 2009.
  5. ^ 南華昨午宣布李威廉加盟 Archived 21 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ (in Chinese)紅海難抗阿爾利化 南華輸 1:3出局 Apple Daily. 12 May 2010.
  7. ^ (in Chinese)流浪門將 一腳笠死何國泉 Wen Wei Po. 20 February 2011.
  8. ^ (in Chinese)李威廉大器晚成 Wen Wei Po. 5 January 2009.
  9. ^ (in Chinese)龍騰盃 港隊逼和菲律賓史上最差 Apple Daily. 1 October 2011.
  10. ^ "飛馬4人涉假波案停職前足球先生李威廉被捕梁孔德：不守秩序就要拉". HK01. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  11. ^ Zuser, Tobias. "LEAGUE Former Pegasus Players charged with match fixing". Offside.hk.
  12. ^ "李威廉場邊「帽子戲法」操控假波 暗號指示飛馬 4球員不認罪". Apple Daily. (in Chinese)
  13. ^ "李威廉認罪判180小時服務令 須付飛馬2萬元得益". Ming Pao. Retrieved 4 May 2018. (in Chinese)

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